Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: RIOT, AMAT, HD

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT), where a total volume of 177,368 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 17.7 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 53.8% of RIOT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 32.9 million shares..